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ArchivesLooking for origins on several names
Omari -- Is it related to Omar?
Omarion -- related to Omar? Marion? How about the versions like Amarion and Jamarion and Damarian?
Osbaldo -- related to Oswald? Maybe Spanish or Portuguese or something like that?
Oswaldo -- This has to be related to Oswald, but is it Spanish or something else?
Quinten -- Probably just a form of Quintin used in the English speaking world, but on the off chance it's something else, since it's not in the database, I'll ask.
Yadiel -- related to Adiel?
Yahir -- some form of Yair?
Zaire -- I realize it's the name of a country, but anyone know if it has a meaning?
Zain/Zaine/Zayne -- This site has Zane as an unknown Danish surname and Zayn as an Arabic name meaning "beauty, grace". I always thought these were forms of John, which does kinda tie into that Arabic meaning. Are these spellings just forms of Zane or Zayn?
Zakary -- I know it's a variant of Zachary, but is it just an English form or is it maybe from somewhere else?
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Zaire...
as you noted, is the old name of the DR of Congo. It comes from the word "zaire" which is the Portugese variant of the Bantu nzari = river.
The first European explorers thought the river Congo was named Zaire. It was only later that they learned that nzari was the actual word for "river" and the name of that particular nzari was Congo.
[Also DR = democratic republic, though my limited experience shows that when a country puts Democratic in its name, one has to be suspicious]
For more African Geographic Names:
http://kalamumagazine.com/african_country_name_origin.htm
Osbaldo and Osvaldo are the Spanish equivalents of Oswald. Oswaldo is not Spanish for sure, but I have no clue as to what it is
as you noted, is the old name of the DR of Congo. It comes from the word "zaire" which is the Portugese variant of the Bantu nzari = river.
The first European explorers thought the river Congo was named Zaire. It was only later that they learned that nzari was the actual word for "river" and the name of that particular nzari was Congo.
[Also DR = democratic republic, though my limited experience shows that when a country puts Democratic in its name, one has to be suspicious]
For more African Geographic Names:
http://kalamumagazine.com/african_country_name_origin.htm
Osbaldo and Osvaldo are the Spanish equivalents of Oswald. Oswaldo is not Spanish for sure, but I have no clue as to what it is
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Eeer, never mind, my link turned bad
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